Bag bottom



H. E. INGRAM.

BAG BOTTOM.

ArfLlcATxoN FILED APR. 28. |921.

PatentedSept. 5, 1922. I

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e5 is sufficiently 'part of the bag Patented .Sepel 5, 1922.

'HARRY E. menare, or BROQKLYN, New Yoan.

:BAG Borrow.

Application mea April 2s,

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY E. INGRAM, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city and State of New York, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Bag Bottoms, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in bag bottoms, and more particularly to the construction of the bottom portion of a golf bag, though the invention can be applied to other bags or similar receptacles. In golf bags, however, in which the clubs are 'carried, it is customary to drop the clubs frequently into the bag, and the bottom is subjected to severe straln and wear. The object of my invention is to produce a bottom struc# ture for a bag of this sort which while not expensive, is extremely strong and durable, and can be easily made and secured in position. In carryin out my invention, the bag proper can be o any approved material or design, and the bottom part constituting my invention, can be adapted and fastened securely thereto. 4My invention is preferably formed of meta-l, though this is not absolutely essential, and the bottom proper can be stamped or otherwise formed of one piece, readily inserted in the lower part of the bag, and securely fastened, so that it cannot be displaced, and it will appear from the description which follows, that the bottom can, when made according to my invention, be a handsome structure.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specifi cation, in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a sectional plan of a golf bag provided with my improved construction.

Figure 2 is a vertical section on the line 2--2 of Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a broken detail of the lower part of the bag.

In the drawings I have provedconstructon as applied to and forming the bottom part of a golf bag. The bag side elevation 10 can be of any suitable material and style,

and I have shown it provided with the customary stay rods or braces 11, on the sidesy which are held between the sides of the bag and suitable keepers 12. The bottom 13 of the bag is preferably formed of metal which "ductile or malleable to be spun, pressed or stamped into shape, andis of the `can be carried out in other forms shown my im- 1921. serial no, 465,086.

same diameter and shape as the lower part of the bag in cross section, with a down-turned flange 1-5, which at the extremity is turned out-ward and upward as at 15, to enclose the stiening ring 16. This arrangement brings the bottom proper 13 'well out of contact with the ground, `and forms a stiff, firm structure. The ring 16 is a stiff strengthening ring, and is rigidly held in the turned up part 15 flange, in fact it is usuall soldered, and makes the bottom very sti at 'the bottom, while the top' is raised out of contact with the earth, and this in connection with the manner in which the bottom is riveted to the bag sides and stay rods, provides practically an indestructible bottom, will last longer than the' rest of the bag.

The sides of the bag 10 tightly enclose the fiange 14 of the bottom, and fit against the top of the stilfening ring 16 as shown at 17 in Figure 2', and the upturned part 15 vof the flange 14 fits snugly .against the lower part 17 of the bag 10.'

The lower portion of the bag and the flange 14 are fastened rmly together preferably by means of rivets 18 which are 1ocated preferably well up within the flange 14, and extend through the sides of the bag and through the said flange, the rivets also extending through the keepers 12, if the bag is provided with keepers. The' rivets are shown having the usual washers 19, and are headed on the inner side. This construction makes a firm, strong, and inexpensive structure. and makes the bottom portion of t-he bag look well. It is particularly adapted to golf bags, because of the excessive wear on the bottom of such bags, but the .principle having non-metallic sides if desired.

I'Vhere the stay rods 11 are used they can be flattened at their lower extremities as shown in Figure 2, and the rivets 18 extended through the'flattened parts of the stay rods as well as through the bag. This .makes the bag bottom exceedingly' rigid and strong.

I claim As an improved article of manufacture, a bag having a non-*metallic body portion entirely closed on the sides and with longitudinal stay rods spaced apart and extending substantially to the bottom of the bag, a one-piece metallic bottom entering the lower end of the bag body and fitting snugly thereof the bottom that is one that..

of bags l the other parts of and is provided Jin so as'to form a raised closure of the lower' end, the said bottom having an integral downturned flange forming its sides and its .lower edge being turned up to engage the lower edge of the body, a stiiening ring enclosed in the turned up part of the bottom flange and disposed so that the lower edge of the body Will come substantially into contact with the ring, and .fastening deyices extending through the flange of the bottom lo and through the body and stay rods.

HARRY .E INGRAM.,

Witnesses KARL LARsnN, THOMAS Booman, 

